During his lifetime and underworld career, Sabby Basso would become one of the most important professional gamblers and hoodlums in Southwestern Connecticut.
Yet, by all accounts, Basso generally conducted himself as a gentleman. It was said he exhibited a quiet, reserved, and dignified demeanor. Although considered a mafioso by those who investigated him through the years, Sabby had another side to him as well. By most accounts, he was also considered a very spiritual man. So, it seems that he was more than just a simple racketeer and soldier in the Genovese Family.