zekester91, thanks for the reply.
I have a feeling that 'play' has different meaning to different people.
To some people, it appears that 'play' means to start selecting players and forming a team.
From my naive perspective, 'play' means to start a game, you know, where the pitcher throws a ball toward the plate while a batter is standing in the batter's box.
By watching two .WMV tutorials and reading through various sections of the manual, I finally was able to start 'playing' a game, although I doubt that I could recite the actions that I had to go through to make it happen. It involved clicking League icon, then 'Schedule', then finding a game where there was a 'Manage' button for me to click on.
I'm now off and 'playing'...
Thanks again.