On Monday, Ryan Howard decided that he would accept the invitation to defend his title at San Francisco's AT&T Park despite not being named to the All-Star team. "It was fun," he said. "It's an honor to be invited back even though I didn't make the team. I don't know who else will be in it, but it might be Barry Bonds. It might be Ken Griffey Jr. Prince Fielder will probably be there. To be on the field with those guys should be a lot of fun." He also planned to be in Los Angeles during the break to talk to his agent, Casey Close, anyway.