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I also agree with the safe call, but only because of the lack of regulation about overruns, not because it isn't reinstatement; although the effect is the same.
Even though this is technically not defined as a force, the batter-runner is obligated to advance to 1st; so same effect.
In NFHS, where we have the elaborate (and dumb) rule about what a BR can do after overrunning 1st, there is a requirement of returning directly to 1st in some cases. In those cases, I believe the force (sorry, obligation to advance) would be reinstated and this play would be an out. It also might depend on whether the base is touched on the return, but that is a separate issue.
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