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One thing Dr. Z made a point of talking about at the USSM/LL meetup last weekend, was how much work these guys put in off the field. Fielding drills, off-season work, these guys are taking literally thousands and thousands of ground/fly balls out of game situations. They are the best in the world at it, so when we see them in a game make an error on a grounder, or see a ball roll by them, we have to remember that even with all of that practice - they can still make an error once in a while. Any of us guys would be lucky to even realize the ball had been hit in our direction.
He told a story about Jack Wilson. The guy's apparently got a full infield in his backyard, and every single day of the offseason is out there, and won't come inside until he's taken at LEAST 500 hundred different ground balls at SS. That's every day. Reminds me of a certain Japanese outfielder I know of...