Timesmen don't pay much attention to the Post , except to periodically raid the paper--as if it were a minor league team--for some of its better players.
Timesmen have no interest in the Post. 
mnli hypothesis: Timesmen have no interest in the Post.  premise: Timesmen don't pay much attention to the Post , except to periodically raid the paper--as if it were a minor league team--for some of its better players.