Thousands of toothpicks have bitten the dust, yet Dusty Baker needs more. Time ticks louder for this most beloved of baseball lifers, still the winningest manager without a World Series title. Nineteen years after falling one win short with San Francisco, Baker's quest ended two victories shy with Houston following a 7-0 defeat on Tuesday night to the Atlanta Braves, the team that launched his career back in the Summer of Love.