There’s plenty of fabulous material floating out there about the upcoming race down the stretch, but off-days give ample opportunity for off-bet material. With that in mind, here’s our best of this morning’s offerings from the local scribes:

Dave O’Brien was the lucky man on the spot in San Fran. Take the time to listen to his full call of Barry Bonds’ record-breaking dinger to deep right-center.

BOSTON GLOBE

O’Brien’s historic call captured mood, moment - It’s not really a Red Sox story, but Susan Bickelhaupt’s piece about Dave O’Brien’s call of Barry Bonds’ record-breaker is about an employee on the team’s dole, so it’s worth noting.

BOSTON HERALD

Bullpen source of relief - Rob Bradford coughs up a strong take on the Sox’ strong bullpen, and how it’s paving the way to the postseason.

Unfit foundation - Tony Massaroti opines that the back-end of the Sox rotation has to pick up more slack down the stretch if Boston has hopes of a deep playoff run.

PROVIDENCE JOURNAL

Bullpen saves the day in Sox win - Sean McAdam of ProJo fame takes a retrospective look at how the Sox bullpen saved the day in the final night out in Anaheim.

– Cameron Smith