Actually a mighty good question. I never really hated Torre, though. I had a grudging respect for the guy. Maybe it was the cancer, maybe it was his secret Metliness, or maybe it was just that there were too many guys across town to dislike (Jeets, Paulie, Kid Toucher McRoidass, Sheffield, Pettitte, Giambi, et al) that Torre just never got that venom.