For those who don't really enjoy scrolling through Baseball Reference spreadsheets, there are some great artists and analysts out there constantly developing new ways to elegantly present the data of sports. Below are the 10 best sports infographics/data visualizations from 2012, in approximate order of publication. The Rise And Fall Of Scoring In Baseball Craig Robinson of Flip Flop Flyin' did a lot of great work in 2012, but his best may be the graphic (partially) shown above, which he created for the Smithsonian. Follow how run scoring changed through 141 years of baseball history, with the effects laid bare of outlawing spitballs, lowering the pitching mound, and adding the designated hitter. Where The Heat And The Thunder Hit Their Shots What could a geography prof…