Blue Jays Manager John Schneider saved a woman’s life two weeks ago over tacos.  John was eating lunch with his wife in a Dunedin restaurant when a woman started choking on a shrimp from a shrimp taco (it’s always the shrimp).

He rushed over and gave her a few Heimlich compressions, the shrimp popped out, and John got a free beer for his efforts.

His explanation of the sitch was classic John Schneider:

“Right place, right time,” Schneider said Sunday. “I was just enjoying lunch with (wife) Jess. You either help or you don’t and I decided I’d go over and see if I could help.”

"Help is on the way dear!"

Jays manager John Schneider before saving someone from choking 🤣🍤 pic.twitter.com/3dPdaQXBkQ

— Tim and Friends (@timandfriends) February 19, 2023

The incident occurred about two weeks ago at an establishment on the town’s main drag, about three kilometres from the Blue Jays’ player development complex.

Others at the woman’s table were slow to react, Schneider said, so he asked if he could help. The 43-year-old then thought back to first aid training from his younger days.

“I learned it in sixth grade and hadn’t done it since,” he said of the procedure, which involves strong pressure being applied to the abdomen.

“So it was just like, ‘I think I remember how to do this.’ I’m a bigger guy so I think that helped a little bit.”

The six-foot-three 250-pound skipper, who’s entering his first full season as Blue Jays manager, said the woman didn’t recognize him.

“She said, ‘Thank you,’ and carried on with her meal with her friends,” Schneider said. “I think I was a little more rattled than she was.”

A complimentary beer helped settle his nerves.

Nicholas Christakos, general manager of the Clear Sky Draught Haus, said the staff on duty that day told him what happened. He said Schneider walked over from about three tables away to help the older woman.

There’s nothing cooler than the fact John and his wife went to a vodka bar for a two-hour lunch. What a power couple.

This happened two weeks ago so extra humility points for Mr. Schneider who casually saved a woman’s life and then forgot about it for a couple of weeks.

Very Canadian of him.