Is this a retarded lay down w/ 99?

[SonOfWestwood]

On Empire Poker. BN in the hand has stats of 71/7/0.29/39/36 after 45 hands.

The min-raise, coupled with his PFR made me think I was, at best, in a race, likely way behind. His stack is so short and it seemed rather pointless to call. Thoughts?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 max, 6 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Button ($14.85)
SB ($27.80)
BB ($20.45)
UTG ($87.15)
MP ($11.46)
Hero ($75.95)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.25. MP posts a blind of $0.50.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP (poster) checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $3.5</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to $6.5</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP folds, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $11.25