Actually, no. Most fans are not casual. This isn't football or basketball. There aren't a lot of people who randomly watch a nationally broadcasted game. Most baseball fans are passionate about their team, and are regionally focused when it comes to baseball. They are also usually older and have been following baseball much longer than the average football or basketball fan. So they have a far better understanding of baseball then their counterparts in other sports. Sites like fangraphs simply wouldn't exist if they didn't.
Honestly, the only thing that probably saved Martinez' job at this point was players coming out to back him. He made a ton of questionable decisions throughout the season. But he managed to keep the ship calm and let the talent get them back to the playoffs. But to try and pretend like the "casual" fan isn't knowledgeable to look at the season on May 23rd and think that Martinez' shortcomings were a problem is either being completely unknowledgeable about baseball themselves, or is trolling.
It doesn't mean a lot of fans aren't short sited when it comes to judging managers decisions. The right decision blows up a good percentage of the time. It doesn't mean it was a bad decision. By and large, I thought most of Davey's decisions over the year were justifiable and done for a reason even if they didn't work out.
I wasn't calling for his firing in May or June. We had a ridiculous amount of injuries and a comically bad bullpen.
