He ended up hitting an even .200. In his last week he produced a single hit in nine at-bats. He can blame it all on an early-season injury if he wants to. But what injury is to blame for a .191 batting average the last two months of last season? When Rodriguez got a big knock in his first time at the plate against the Rays on Friday night, an RBI double, it was his 16th extra-base hit of the season. You know who didn't have any fun watching a guy like that in the middle of the Yankee batting order? His manager. The idea that the manager acted mean or small this week is flapdoodle.