Michael Moynihan: In sport, it's always good to sweat the small stuff

David Beckham was asked 20 years ago about practicing free kicks with his bare feet to improve his feel for the ball, he was quite frank.

During the week I learned that the baseball player Tom Seaver passed away recently.

Seaver was one of the all-time greats in the sport with a dazzling record as a New York Mets pitcher - Tom Terrific was one nickname, to give an idea of his standing - but that’s not the reason I’m mentioning him here.