Briggs: Why is Orel Hershiser estranged from Bowling Green?

BOWLING GREEN — On the afternoon Bowling Green State University eliminated baseball, I tried to reach out to the program’s most prominent alum, hoping he may want to share his thoughts on the unfortunate news.

He did not.

“Orel is going to pass,” a Dodgers spokesman said.

I should have known better.

For decades, Orel Hershiser — the former Cy Young Award winner and current Dodgers broadcaster — has had a curious relationship with his alma mater, publicly wanting little to do with the school where he came of age in the late 1970s.

Why would that change now?

I bring this up not to ruffle any falcon feathers — I would just as soon let the sleeping Bulldog lie — but because many who have followed the…