I'd be just killin my hands smackin them on the rim with sticks that short.
I do too much of that already!!!!
It appears he has them reversed and is smacking a cymbal in the shadows that is cutting off the view.
IIRC, Mitch used 7As in those days. Long sticks, but a bit slim for my tastes even in my 5B and 2B days. Anything slimer and shorter than a 1S is a toothpick to me now, but I do have a sweet pair of Trueline Mikel Thomas models that are probably based on 5As but have that Truelie acorn shaped grip.