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Lou " DiMaggio " Galina, portrayed by Joseph Castellana, is a minor character in The Sopranos. He is the leader of a group of old mob hitmen from Providence, Rhode Island, working alongside Frank Crisci and Alfred.
Junior tells Tony the story of how Lou earned the nickname "DiMaggio", which involved him beating his former boss and his wife to death with a baseball bat. When Chris and Silvio visit Frank and DiMaggio to set up the hit on Johnny, DiMaggio tells a story about murdering a man named Tommy Neri.
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The DeMeo Crew, who were apart of the Gambino Family, were mass murdering drug dealers who outsourced their talent for murder and body disposal to other mafia members (and even private citizens). I think that DiMaggio group was a subtle mention in some way, to that breed of mobster. Reply. [deleted]
Lou "DiMaggio" Gallina [] Played by: John Castellana; Appears in: "The Weight" An old hitman of the Atwell Avenue Crew. Him and his crew are recommended to Tony by Uncle Junior to take out the contract on John Sacramoni. The hit never took place. His nickname allegedly referred to Italian-American baseball legend Joe DiMaggio. Frank Crisci []
One of them beat one treacherous mobster and his wife to death with a baseball bat, earning Lou's nickname "DiMaggio". They also decapitated a man with a hacksaw while he was still alive. Blind Seer: Invoked by Lou, who is blind, when he asks Chris if he's into drugs. Lou was actually just asking if the Soprano family was involved in drug ...
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