Sporting News staff reports Nationals right-hander Miguel Batista is doing damage control a day after his “Miss Iowa” quip. Batista tells The Washington Post he sent flowers to the real Miss Iowa, Katherine Connors, as a mea culpa for a quote some — including the Miss Iowa folks — considered disrespectful. First, the back story: Batista pitched five shutout innings Tuesday in an emergency spot start, after Stephen Strasburg...