In a bit of meta-blogging, I'm linking to this blog post by David Pinto where he links back to my blog post about Ryan this morning...
But I think it is noteworthy because of Pinto's comments on what is going on here:
Will it work? I'm skeptical. Ryan seems to be projecting himself onto other pitchers, but Nolan was a freak of nature. He held up for so long most likely because his body was built for it. He was built to pitch lots of innings for a long time. Most athletes aren't.