Joey's not 5'3?!
There's pics of him and few of his crew members like Fatty Mazzone. And they're all around the same height
So what, now they're the Philly midgets!
Then again he was a jockey apprentice wasn't he???
I've seen him listed as 5'2 and 5'3, but like you said, he looks the same height as guys like Borgesi, Mazzone and Ligambi in pics of them together.
Anastasia had him several inches taller in The Goodfella Tapes too.
Said his aspirations of becoming a jockey petered out after he had a growth spurt.