Yanking Harden was the sensible move

Ron Washington often talks about managing from his gut. Monday night, he did a pretty fine job of managing with his head, too.
The most important trait a manager must show during games isnfl throwback jerseys
the ability to separate the situation at hand from the emotion of the moment. By pulling Rich Harden in the seventh inning of a no-hit bid against Minnesota, that's exactly what Washington displayed.
Oh, it would have been really cool to see how far Harden could have taken the no-hitter. But it would have been counterproductive.
Harden had 111 pitches at the time Washington pulled him for Matt Minnesota Vikings jersey
Harrison with two outs in the seventh. Harden was on pace for 150 pitches in nine innings. There was no way the Rangers would let any of their pitchers throw 150 pitches in a game, much less one with a history of arm problems who hours earlier had been activated from the DL.
Once Washington determined that, nothing else about the no-hit bid mattered.
It was all about winning the game and maybe, just maybe, making sure that Harden Indianapolis Colts jersey
didn't hurt himself in the process. A healthy, confident and effective Harden in the final five weeks of the season just might make the Rangers as dangerous a team as there is in the American League.