Cornelius "Connie" Desmond (January 31, 1908 – March 10, 1983) was an American sportscaster, most prominently for the Brooklyn Dodgers of Major League Baseball.
Mel Allen was impressed enough with Desmond that he asked him to come to New York City as his sidekick on the home games of the Yankees and Giants in 1942.
During the 1943 season, Barber and Desmond were the only voices of baseball in New York; the Giants and Yankees suspended broadcasts that year for unknown reasons.
[2] Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley finally lost patience with him and fired him prior to the 1955 World Series.
[4] Desmond briefly returned to baseball broadcasting with his hometown Toledo Mud Hens of the International League in 1967.