Okay, replace "hated" with "disliked" in my post. You still haven't responded directly. You'll forgive me if I don't put any stock in your eyes. There are plenty of reports about how hard he works as a hitter and he's always in phenomenal shape. The claim that he doesn't try hard has always bothered me because the evidence for it is always so flimsy.
But seriously, you "dislike" him more than Carl Everett, Jim Leyritz, Roger Clemens, Shea Hillenbrand, Will Cordero, Jose Canseco, Jose Offerman, Steve Lyons, Julio Lugo, Derek Lowe, Dante Bichette... I mean, I could go on, but if you dislike Hanley more than any of these guys (especially the domestic violence cases) I have to wonder how hard you've really thought about it.