About Us

The Lake Erie Cobras is a youth travel baseball team (9U) located in Bay Village, Ohio. It was formed in 2023 to provide the best possible experience for boys looking to play baseball at a high level and is focused on a few key principles:

Baseball should be fun—even when you are competing.
Kids are encouraged to play other sports because the best athletes make the best baseball players.
We encourage. Positive energy promotes confidence and optimal performance.
We teach. Our coaches’ collective playing experience (college and MLB) gives us a unique perspective to teach and develop our players—and we are focused on player development and not results.

If you are interested in becoming a part of our 10U team for Spring/Summer 2025, please contact us!

Brian Nally • Head Coach
The Lake Erie Cobras was founded by Brian Nally. Brian played high school baseball under his father, Jim Nally, at Mayfield High School. He was First Team All-Conference (2000), Conference Player of the Year (2001), First-Team All-Region (2001), and set Mayfield single season hits record (now second all-time) and finished with a career batting average of .450. Brian has since been inducted into the Mayfield High School Athletic Hall of Fame as the 2010 recipient of the Steadman Athlete Award.

Brian began his college baseball career at Miami University (medical redshirt – torn ACL). After transferring, Brian started four years as the shortstop for Coker University (NCAA DII) where he was All-Conference (2005), Conference Player of the Week, and the C.G. Timberlake Athlete of the Year (2007). Brian finished with a career .318 batting average, still holds Coker’s all time-record for most career hits (218) and was recently selected as one of three shortstops selected to the school’s “all-time baseball teams” consisting of players from 1994 to present. During his collegiate summers, Brian played for the IMG Baseball Academy (2003) and the Coastal Plain League (Wilson Tobs –2004; Petersburg Generals – 2006).

Nate Freiman • Assistant Coach
Nate was a four-year starter at Duke University, where he led his team in batting average, home runs, and RBI for two straight season, achieved all ACC honors (2009) and ACC Baseball-Scholar Athlete of the Year (2009), and ended his career ranked first all time in career home runs and fifth all time for career batting (.346) and is listed on Duke’s all-time roster. Nate also played two years in the Cape Codd Baseball League before being drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 8th round of the 2009 Draft. Nate went on to spend eight years in professional baseball—with his 2013 and 2014 seasons with the Oakland Athletics where he hit nine home runs, .256 average, .408 slugging, and .717 OPS. Nate also played in the 2012 World Baseball Classic qualifier and the 2017 World Baseball Classic for Team Israel.

Nate is the current Director of Hitting Development for the Cleveland Guardians.