Chicago ? Here’s the joke going around the Chicago White Sox bullpen: The relievers have done so little work, they’re wondering if they’ll get full World Series shares.

Yuk. Yuk.

If it seems like a while since rookie closer Bobby Jenks last pitched, when he saved Game 3 of the AL division series against Boston with his 100-mph fastball, it has. His lengthy mound layoff reached two weeks Friday. And counting.

Seem like a long time?

“It does, but it went quick,” Jenks said Friday. “If that makes sense.”

Sort of. Considering the performance of Chicago’s starters in the AL championship series – four straight complete games – little about the pitching has followed a norm.

When Neal Cotts recorded two outs in Game 1 against the Angels, throwing a whopping seven pitches, that’s all the work White Sox relievers got in the five-game series.

On the plane ride home, pitching coach Don Cooper facetiously thanked bullpen coach Art Kusnyer for all his good work

“I told him, ‘Way to go, you had those guys ready to throw those seven pitches,'” Cooper said Friday as the White Sox prepared for tonight’s World Series opener.

“Every individual has been attended to,” Cooper said. “But you can’t simulate what it’s like unless you pump 50,000 people into the stands. The adrenaline and electricity will be a highest level, and they are going to feel strong.”