push with mid pocket pairs?

this is how i bust out a lot. here 88 is barely better than a coinflip vs. overcards. so is it really even worth playing?

#Game No : 3085812518
***** Hand History for Game 3085812518 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:17674609 Level:4 Blinds(50/100) - Thursday, November 24, 00:20:24 EDT 2005
Table Table 67640 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 1: amermark1 ( $1145 )
Seat 2: twyster ( $985 )
Seat 4: fishjersey ( $345 )
Seat 5: fishnutz ( $1625 )
Seat 6: heret1k ( $775 )
Seat 7: Mattw69 ( $1720 )
Seat 9: parazit1951 ( $1405 )
Trny:17674609 Level:4
Blinds(50/100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to heret1k [ 8d 8s ]
Mattw69 folds.
>You have options at Table 66987 Table!.
parazit1951 folds.
amermark1 folds.
twyster raises [350].
fishjersey folds.
fishnutz folds.
heret1k is all-In [675]
twyster calls [425].
** Dealing Flop ** [ As, 9h, Jc ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5d ]
** Dealing River ** [ 2d ]
twyster shows [ Ad, Qs ] a pair of aces.
heret1k shows [ 8d, 8s ] a pair of eights.
twyster wins 1600 chips from the main pot with a pair of aces.
heret1k finished in seventh place.
heret1k has left the table.