A state disciplinary panel wants to reprimand St. Charles County Associate Circuit Judge Matthew Thornhill for his role in a bizarre plea negotiation that involved a baseball reportedly signed by Terry Bradshaw in exchange for reduced criminal charges in a check forgery case.

Columnist Susan Weich thinks a reprimand is letting Thornhill off easy, and he should be booted off the bench instead. What do you think?

There was a time when we wondered if Tony La Russa would be back as manager of the Cardinals. That wasn’t the big change we had to deal with this season. Today, we learn that Mark Lamping is leaving as Cardinals president to run a joint Giants-Jets venture for a new Meadowlands stadium.

Lamping will be succeeded as president by Bill DeWitt III, the 40-year-old son of Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr.

Read Bernie Miklasz’s story. They guy had a pretty big impact on the Redbirds. So let us know what the post-Lamping era looks like.