135 6 July 03, 2007^4:48pm Rob Reed^1 Ryan Howard will defend HR Derby crown at the AllStar game even though he isn't playing mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070702&content_id=2063055&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb All Stars mlb.com 2771 4760 0 Kudos to Howard. He is young, and with his youth, one might suspect that he would bow out because he was pissed off. Kudos to Howard and his maturity. The derby wouldn't be the same without him.