Yep. I used to crowd the plate so the strike zone almost disappeared.
7 seconds sound clip from the The Sandlot (1993) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:32:30 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- George? I sure did. And he knew me.
- He was almost as great a hitter as I was.
- I would've broken his record, but...
- Yep. I used to crowd the plate so the strike zone almost disappeared.
- That's the way I played: one hundred percent all the time.
- Baseball was life. And I was good at it, real good.
- And then one day, a high fast one, and pow, lights went out.
- I don't think we could take this ball.
[...]