Vincent Vince LaSalle is the best athlete at 3rd Street School and T.J.'s best friend. He is known for being the best kickball, baseball and basketball player 3rd Street has ever seen. He started the series as a fourth garder who loves to goof off and pull pranks with his friends. He was also hired as the chef at the school cafeteria after he realized his skills in the kitchen and was offered a position at a Culinary Arts school but turned it and his new job down to stay with his friends.Vince is looked up to for his kindness towards others and his athletic abilities. He tries to find an easy, nice way to tell Mikey that Santa Clause doesn't exist when other kids made fun of him.He has an older brother named Chad and was first seen in The Break In. Vince is now a fifth grader in Miss Finster's class.