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This class of softball is not my game, but since the board has been silent for so long, I'll reply anyway.
On the missed base question, the defense must appeal. Since they cannot get their hands on the ball for a live ball appeal, they must use a dead ball appeal. Once the ball goes over the fence, there is no longer any requirements for the runners to touch, so no appeal would be recognized. (IMO).
On one runner passing another, technically, he would be out, but I am visualizing one runner stopped watching the ball sail out, while another is jogging around the bases, also watching the ball, and they happen to pass. Calling this OUT would be over-officiating, IMO. It was a simple base running error in a situation where both runners would have a reasonable expectation that their base running responsibilities would not apply. The defense has no play. I wouldn't call it.
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Tom
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