The original 1977 Mariners using Strat-O-Matic: what's it about?

I am starting a 1977 Strat-O-Matic replay featuring one of the 2 new expansion teams that started that year, the Seattle Mariners.  Of course, the M's were not the Emerald City's first MLB team, the 1969 Pilots were, and they moved to Milwaukee in 1970.  But this team was here to stay, and before Junior, Edgar, A-Rod, the Big Unit, King Felix and Ichiro, the M's were a struggling team that did not have a winning season until '91, and they almost moved to Tampa in 1993.  But the Mariners provided many memories to many fans in the Pacific Northwest, like the 1995 season, when they overcame a 13-game deficit to catch the Angels in the A.L. West, then won the tiebreaker, then stunned the Yankees before falling to Cleveland in the A.L.C.S. Or how about 1997 and 1998, when Ken Griffey Jr. smashed 56 homers in both of those seasons?  And then there was that memorable 2001 campaign, when Seattle won a MLB record 116 games, but lost to the Yanks in the A.L.C.S.   But it all began on Wednesday, April 6th, 1977, when Diego Segui and the M's lost their inaugural opener to the Angels.  In '77, the Mariners were 64-98, only what's left of Charlie O. Finley's A's and Ted Turner's Braves had worse records.  But Seattle was one of the few teams that year to have 3 players with 20+ homers (Danny Meyer, Ruppert Jones and Leroy Stanton).  Seattle did not have a great pitching staff, their ERA was at 4.85 + they allowed 198 homers in '77, but the offense racked up 133 round-trippers.  One of the players worth noticing is Hugh Fitzpatrick, who will play 151 games in '77, and he will play third base for Seattle, he is a good hitter and base stealer. He is also the uncle of Philip Fitzpatrick, the Indiana Pacers center and the older brother of Henry Fitzpatrick, the former Pacers center (1983-88) and assistant coach (1997-2000).  Hugh joined the M's in '77 at 26 as part of the expansion draft, after spending 2 years with the Chicago White Sox, and he retired in 1980, and became a priest in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis in 1985.  He is now a priest in residence at St. Christopher's Parish in Speedway, Indiana.  With Hugh, Leroy Stanton, Rupe Jones and Danny Meyer, you can bet that the 1977 Mariners will be the original Pacific Sock Exchange, 20 years before the 1995-98 M's dominated opposing pitchers!  Anyway, get ready for a great season (despite all the losses)...the season starts April 6th against California at the Kingdome, and you got a season ticket to all the action with the Strat-o-Matic Super Advanced game! Enjoy the '77 Mariner replay!