In the 90's I ran a sporting apparel store.
 

From 1994-2000 I ran a sporting apparel store. I recently uncovered a ton of pictures. Did I have any Gametime Sports at Bannister Mall customers on here?

You talking nudie pics?

I shopped there several times.

I would be interested in seeing a few highlights purely for the nostalgia. I didn’t frequent the place, but I remember it.

I remember they had a completely red baseball cap with a Raiders logo on it. I was so confused. The guy behind the counter had to explain to me that for many it is just fashion, and part of an "outfit".

Bought some sweet Zubaz pants there in 94

Was this before or after your career in women's shoes?

Wow. It appears that the asinine flat brim trend on hats was around even back then.

Yes.

I was surprised too

Right around the corner was

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People formed them back then after purchase, is the difference.

Flat-bill is on its way out nowadays, as well.

Me.

Bought auto'd Marcus Allen Hat in late 90's. 75 bones

Donated for auction for 37 Forever a few years later.

Was that next to Chess King?

No, we were next to a jewlery store. I will post more pics.

Did Bannister have a Chess King? I thought it was Merry-Go-Round only?

[at least in my era]

When was West Coast Choppers and Jesse James on the tube thats when I first remember seeing it, asshats out in kalifornia.

I still see jackholes walking around with the bill of the ball cap turned around backwards. Its there for a reason buy a bean cap your problem is solved.

But what if I want the brim to block out the sun when I need it but want to keep my hair out of my face when I don't?

Why do I have to buy two hats when one will do the same job?

Why wont a brim of the cap forward not keep the hair out of your face?

I remember that place. I had that exact chiefs pullover hanging in that pic. I hated that thing every move you made swish swish swish noisy thing. In the office walking down corridor swish swish swish worse than squeaking shoes.

It certainly would!

That said... what if it isn't sunny out and I want to rep my team while keeping my hair tucked away AND not have any of my view blocked by the brim?

/I literally just put on my two favorite caps to double check and both block the upper 25-35% of my view.

How old are you people LMAO LMAO

Because it makes you look like a douchebag.

Did the adults in your youth complain about how the youth in their day knew to wear a proper hat and the appropriate attire for being outside at any given time was a suit?

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This should put the why not flat brim hats argument to rest.
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BECAUSE YOU ****ING LOOK LIKE THAT

Bannister mall right? I bet you have some stories....

Dont be this.
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Be warned
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Or...

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This will end the curved bill argument...

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Curved bills don't look good at all good Lord LMAO

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Flat billed hats is actually from the 80's. That is how all hats used to come. You could bend them if you like. No clue why they started making hats pre bent now. They just look dumb and gives you no options. You can always make a flat billed hat curved or a little curve as you see fit. I like flat bill hats with a slight curve to them, but not the idiotic super curved look hats come nowadays that make you look like a white trash idiot. Flat billed hats also have a fuller look to the crown of the hat as well.

****ing pass on a douche city ghetto flat bill structured hat. I sport the super curved unstructured Hicksville delight

Y'all are too hippity hoppity with your newfangled headwear.

Gimme the ol' trucker style, with the mesh back and the polyester foam face, with that little buttcrack fold at the top.


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While we're at it, I'll pull a pair of those itchy stirrup spat things over my sweatsocks!!

Buddy Ryan, now that man could wear a ****in' hat!!

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And the #1 reason you shouldn't wear flat bills.
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Double douching
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Dont be a bieber

What if I want to keep the sun off the back of my neck?

I flip mine back and forth, generally wear it correctly 90% of the time, but flip it back wards on occasion, like high wind, catching daughters fastpitch, and above example of protecting my neck when the sun is behind me.

Where did you run the store to?

damn cackling bitches.....wear your hat how you want.


:doh!:

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Now you are just trying to bring on chaos! Next you'll be saying it is okay for men to like cats and dogs both. :D

WTF bought a Keith Cash jersey?

Hey Stevieray...even ears tucked in?


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Y’all are both right.

Idiots look stupid in their respective hat styles.

I sold out of them a couple of times.

The white red and black hat four rows is one of my all time favs..the red and gold version next to it was the style of the MA hat.

I sold hundreds of those.

What's worse is the wannabe fake bikers who roll their bills from the front like some damn goober from mayberry.

I rarely wear a hat though. After the military I kinda just gave it up. Not saying there is anything wrong with an adult wearing a cap, but I do get a chuckle of how many 40-50+ men wearing them like a 20 yr old.

South KC is a giant shithole now

I hope so, nothing more annoying than those duck billed platypus hats.

JFC you crusty old farts will complain about anything

They sold like hotcakes one weekend when he tossed the football after scoring a TD into a poster of Buddy Ryan. 1st and last time. ROFL

I dont really get the age limit for wearing a hat thing. I dont look at it as fashion more functionality. When I was young it kept me from sun bleaching my hair out and looking like a cali beach surf doush. Then as I got older and my hair thinner it kept me from scorching my scalp.

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Yes we will, and apparently so will you.

I feel like one is an observation (you old farts will complain about anything) while the other is the complaint (HATE THAT TYPE OF BRIM !!).

There is no age limit on wearing a hat. I would say that styles vary wildly on many factors. Age and culture being the biggest 2.

I would agree. But adding in JFC makes it sound a little bit of a complaint.

Now say if he would have added a rofl or lol I could 100% agree with you.

JJ Smith jerseys catering to the K-State fans :D

No we won't!

Thanks. I was having a brain cramp on who "J Smith" was.

btw if u have any vintage hats for sale let me know

He was K-State's first big star under Bill Snyder. I think he was just a practice squad or IR scrub with the Chiefs. Might have returned a kickoff or two for the Chiefs.

Security gave me a ration of shit out in the parking lot of banister mall back in the 90s. Standing out by the car, waiting for the wife and daughter. They had the keys. Guys thought they were the ****in fbi or something. I said just leave me alone and they will come out when they’re done.

They went inside and found em. I wasn’t bothering anybody.
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Whatever happened to Bannister Mall? Asking for a friend.

**** those assholes, we caught those ****heads stealing shit over night. We pressed charges and sued that company.

Check out The Buckle with the denim overalls on display. I remember dumbasses wearing those with one strap just hanging...dumbest shit I've ever seen.

The 90s were not a fashionable decade....

That guy takes it even further with his ears tucked inside the hat, another douchebag thing to do that looks stupid as well.

Off to D.C. in 1....2.....3....

1) What was your most popular jersey?
2) Did Royals stuff ever sell? They were pretty terrible during that era.
3) How did you see Bannister Mall change during that time?
4) What is your craziest Bannister Mall story?

I remembered him once you wrote the name. I just didn't think he was around enough for multiple jersey styles to be for sale so his name didn't come up when I was trying to remember who "J Smith" was. The the K State connection makes sense, though.

Just looked it up - he spent all 16 games of 1995 inactive and then tore his ACL in an off-season workout and never played again. That would be a pretty obscure jersey to have now.

Ah, the bad old days where ACL tears were career-enders.

1. My most popular jersey was the Rich Gannon Chiefs jersey (because I was the only store in the city to have it). I sold 200+ of them.
2. I sold Royals hats and jersey's like crazy, especially once I came up with the black and white.
3. The mall changed due to a couple of different things, one was the bus coming from the city and bringing all kinds of shit with it. Second was the stupid ass guard shacks that made everyone feel completely unsafe and third the entire are surrounding the mall got worse. Race had nothing to do with it, it was just trash.
4. Well I had a stockroom at the end of the mall that I used to **** some of the mall girls in.

Would you give the mall sluts parting gifts, ala Jeter??

Related to this....curious about how many shoplifting dollars you had to write off?

Jesse Haynes jerseys